print email comment close Miss America URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/ Description: Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about this beauty contest. Through "interviews with former contestants, behind-the-scenes footage, and photographs, the film reveals how the pageant became a battleground and a barometer for the changing position of women in society." Includes video clips from past pageants, a timeline, a list of Miss America winners, a teacher's guide, and related resources. Publisher: PBS Online/WGBH Library of Congress Subject Headings: Beauty contests Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City, N.J. LII Database Information: Record 658 created by Jennifer English on 12/21/2004 Last modification on 12/22/2004 Published: 12/21/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/658